Standard tuning: E5 A5 D5 G5 B5 E5


Intro (x4):

e  | ---------------6------- | 
B  | -4------4---------4---- | 
G  | ----5------5----------- | 
D  | ----------------------- | 
A  | ----------------------- | 
E  | ----------------------- | 


Bb5   C5   Ab5    (x2)


Verse 1:

( Ab5 )           Bb5        C5          Ab5
Breaking your heart was never my intention
( Ab5 )           Bb5        C5           Ab5
Playing with parts too fragile in the ending


Chorus (strum a bit louder):

( Ab5 )       C5  Ab5    Eb5   Bb5
We have become ali...en
( Bb5 )       C5  Ab5    Eb5   Bb5
We have become ali...en
( Bb5 )       C5        Ab5      Eb5   Bb5
Give me a song that weighs a ton
( Bb5 )       C5  Ab5    Eb5   Bb5 (hold)
We have become ali...en


Verse 2:

             Bb5      C5             Ab5
Stop and we start, asking all the questions
( Ab5 )     Bb5        C5             Ab5
Raising alarm , a symptom of the tension
( Ab5 )           Bb5         C5                  Ab5
Though we're unarmed, we fumble through the trenches
( Ab5 )    Bb5   C5           Ab5
Taking apart all that we invented


Chorus:

( Ab5 )       C5  Ab5    Eb5   Bb5
We have become ali...en
( Bb5 )       C5  Ab5    Eb5   Bb5
We have become ali...en
( Bb5 )       C5        Ab5      Eb5   Bb5
Give me a song that weighs a ton
( Bb5 )       C5  Ab5    Eb5   Bb5
We have become ali...en


Brigde:

Ab5                       C5
We played the part til comfort's gone
Ab5                        Bb5   C5     Ab5
Now the only language is loss ooohh  oohh
Ab5               Bb5   C5     Ab5 (hold)
The language of loss ooohh  oohh


Chorus:

( Ab5 )       C5  Ab5    Eb5   Bb5
We have become ali...en
( Bb5 )       C5  Ab5    Eb5   Bb5
We have become ali...en
( Bb5 )       C5        Ab5      Eb5   Bb5
Give me a song that weighs a ton
( Bb5 )       C5  Ab5    Eb5   Bb5 (hold)
We have become ali...en


End with the intro picking again.